Jim RossignolAug 4, 2023
Lorry

I like Vanity Fair's headline:

"Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Overturn the Election, Despite Us All Witnessing Him Trying to Overturn the Election"

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2023/08/trump-pleads-not-guilty-to-trying-to-overturn-the-election

#Trump #Impeachment #News #Headline #VanityFair #BessLevin #Law #Crime #Spoiler #He's #Guilty #Elections #Comedy

Donald Trump Pleads Not Guilty to Trying to Overturn the Election, Despite Us All Witnessing Him Trying to Overturn the Election

The ex-president was arraigned in a DC courthouse on Thursday.

Vanity Fair
Aug 3, 2023 at 11:33pmWeb
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Aug 3, 2023

@Lorry

His gaslight is running out of gas

Show threadLorryAug 3, 2023
@GoatRoper Sadly, the #GOP can, and does supply endless amounts!
Show threadMemphisDaPlaya 🎲🎲Aug 4, 2023

@Lorry

You got that right, for as long as I can remember.

Show threadJargogglesAug 4, 2023
@Lorry
@GoatRoper
They really have "fooling some of the people all the time" bit down pat.
Show threadMessagingMattersAug 4, 2023
@Lorry Then #Trump stepped outside and absurdly said that #Washington, DC somehow has gotten full of "filth" and "broken buildings" in just the 2 years since he's been gone.
Show threadJhooperAug 4, 2023
@MessagingMatters @Lorry there was his campaign ad that he ran, talking about how the US has become a shit hole, but was using footage of the country taken when he was president.
Show threadJ Mark SproulAug 4, 2023

@Lorry

I remember my incredulity seeing him come out early to the press room on election night & uttering "We won". It had that eerie "twilight Zone" ring to it.

Show threadRochelle W.Aug 11, 2023
@Braveheart @Lorry Eerie in that I was worried we were suddenly in a dictatorship. Sadly, I think that is the goal.
Show threadJ Mark SproulAug 11, 2023

True. And we were too incredulous to see it.

That Jan 6 did not prevail now seems accidental.

Had the mob been more than a mob then Mr. Tr. would still be in power, Pence & Pelosi might have been put on that scaffold we all saw. and Jacob Chansley would be in the Speaker's chair, crowned with buffalo horns.

Has the "Light upon the Hill" Democracy triumphed, or Dictatorship merely forestalled?

Are we still just serfs to Lords?
@RochelleWinsLife @Lorry

Show threadkinyutakaAug 4, 2023
@Lorry
Show threadArtBear on FirefishAug 4, 2023
@Lorry
It's goooood compared to most coverage, don't get me wrong but...
My main issue is with
"committing treason"
being journalistically lubricated in to
"trying to overturn the election".

Traitor.
Committed treason.
-allegedly etc
Show threadRochelle W.Aug 11, 2023
@ArtBear @Lorry Stronger and more accurate language by media would be appreciated. It wouldn't help in short term but in long term it's all about repeatability.
Show threadtroutishAug 4, 2023
@Lorry vanity fair has *always* been one of the best publications.
Show threadCyndikateAug 4, 2023
@Lorry fuck yeah! He’s going to jail!
Show threadCrochetcatAug 4, 2023
@Lorry When Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, and Teen Vogue (I know !) are doing actual journalism, and NYT is both-sidesing it 😐
Show threadLorryAug 4, 2023
@Crochetcat I think Teen Vogue led the pack on this interesting change.
Show threadhelplessduckAug 4, 2023

@Lorry

I just adore Bess Levin. I subscribe to VF specifically so I can read her cheeky repartee.

Show threadTakoyakiAug 6, 2023

@Lorry

His quote here is too funny

Show threadAatubeAug 6, 2023
@Lorry I agree but why would you use so many tags lmao
Show threadLorryAug 6, 2023

@Aatube Because, without algorithms, tags and shares are the only way to get posts seen and grow your network. Tags are the lifeblood of Mastodon and sometimes, the #HashtagGames are amusing.

Personally, I don't think they should class towards your letter-count either, but sadly that would be impractical tech-wise.

Show threadAatubeAug 7, 2023
@Lorry But hashtags like "He" and "VanityFair" probably won't help since nobody would be looking at that. Also while I despise kbin's algorithm for microblogs, I'm pretty sure mastodon has a competent one in my limited experience.
Show threadLorryAug 7, 2023
@Aatube 5 people used #VanityFair last week so it's not insignificant... Mind you, 2,500 used #HashtagGames